Insubordination

Insubordination / edited by Nicholas Evans, Honoré Watanabe.

The phenomenon of insubordination can be defined diachronically as the recruitment of main clause structures from subordinate structures, or synchronically as the independent use of constructions exhibiting characteristics of subordinate clauses. Long marginalised as uncomfortable exceptions, insubo...

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Other Authors: Evans, Nicholas, 1956- (Editor), Watanabe, Honoré (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2016]
Series:Typological Studies in Language Ser.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Subordinate constructions > Congresses.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Clauses > Congresses.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax > Congresses.
Typology (Linguistics) > Congresses.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Clauses
Grammar, Comparative and general > Subordinate constructions
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax
Typology (Linguistics)
Conference papers and proceedings
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Table of Contents:
  • Insubordination; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; Map; Author affiliations; The dynamics of insubordination; 1. Background ; 2. The centrality of insubordination to Kayardild inflection; 2.1 Kayardild TAM coding: Verb inflections, modal case; 2.2 Diachrony of modal case system through insubordination of clauses marked for 'T-complementizing case'; 2.3 The second cycle of insubordination: 'c-complementizing case'; 3. Whether insubordination is important and interesting ... ; 3.1 The descriptive and typological challenge; 3.2 The challenge of representation.
  • 3.3 Relevance to general models of historical change3.4 The neglect of prosody; 3.5 Insubordination and the grammar of interaction; 3.6 The incidence of Insubordination: Grammar interactions, cultures of speaking; 4. From parole to language in interaction and insubordination; Non-obvious glosses; References; On insubordination and cooptation; 1. Introduction; 2. The framework; 2.1 Discourse Grammar; 2.2 Cooptation; 3. On the genesis of ICs; 3.1 Hypotheses; 3.2 The cooptation hypothesis; 3.3 On the situation of discourse; 4. A basic typology; 4.1 Spontaneous ICs; 4.2 Constructional ICs.
  • 4.3 Formulaic ICs5. Conclusions; Abbreviations; References; Running in the family; 1. Introduction ; 2. Evaluative types; 3. Deontic types; 3.1 Uncontrolled deontic types; 3.2 Controlled deontic types; 4. Elaborative types; 5. Constructional status and development; 6. Insubordinate status; 7. Conclusion; Abbreviations; References; Independent si-clauses in Spanish; 1. Introduction ; 2. Spanish conditionals: An overview; 3. Insubordination and independent si-clauses: Formal evidence; 4. Conventionalization and insubordination: Si-clauses, como-clauses and prosody.
  • 5. Extending Insubordination: Causal uses of Independent si6. Conclusion; Abbreviations; References; Revisiting the functional typology of insubordination; 1. Introduction; 2. Insubordinate que-constructions in Peninsular Spanish; 2.1 Insubordinate que-constructions in interaction; 2.1.1 Modal functions; 2.1.2 Discourse connective functions; 2.2 Prior analyses in the literature; 3. An interactional constructional approach; 3.1 A constructional approach; 3.2 An interactional approach to constructions; 4. Two types of insubordinated que-constructions: Modal vs. connective.
  • 4.1 Functional differences4.2 Syntactic differences; 4.3.1 Verbal mood; 4.3.2 Sentence type; 4.3.3 Clause combining; 4.3.4 Combination with topics; 4.3 Discourse-structural differences; 4.4 Quotative constructions: Modal or discourse connective?; 5. Conclusion; Abbreviations; Annex 1. Val. Es. Co. corpus transcription key; References; Insubordinated conditionals in spoken and non-spoken Italian; 1. A brief presentation: Semantic/pragmatic functions; 1.1 Invitation/Offer/Request; 1.2 Generic question: 'what will happen?'; 1.3 'There is nothing to do'; 1.4 Protest.

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